Mauled Roy still on critical list

Illusionist Roy Horn is still in a critical condition after being mauled by a tiger, Mirage Hotel officials said.

Horn remained on a ventilator but was able to communicate with doctors, they said.

The officials said the future of the famed Siegfried & Roy show was now in doubt and employees had been encouraged to look for other jobs.

Even if he recovers, they said, it was unclear whether he would be able to perform again in the rigorous show.

Horn, who was bitten in the neck and dragged off stage by one of the show's signature white tigers, underwent surgery late on Friday and on Saturday at University Medical Centre. Mirage officials said it might take another day or two before doctors have a prognosis.

"The doctors are cautiously optimistic," the duo's manager Bernie Yuman said on Sunday.

"The doctors are telling us that the more time that passes, the better we are. Every day that passes we are going to be in better shape."